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1Flow chart
Sources: Home Office; UNHCR; The Economist *2011
Asylum applications by SomalisPer 100,000 of country’s population
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
5,644
2,181
914
762
1,415*
198
173
669
Total applications, 2012
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Switzerland
Netherlands
Slovakia
Finland
Britain
2002 2012
*
Sources: The Electoral Commission; YouGov *1-month moving average
Donations by type, £m
Voting intention*, %
Brothers in alms
0
2
4
1
3
2010 11 12 13
2010 11 12 13
Company
ConservativeLabour
Individual CompanyIndividualUnion
30354045
Con: Lab:
2The only way is up
Sources: ONS; The Economist
Employment status of selected nationalitiesIn England and Wales, 2011, % of total
0 20 40 60 80 100
New Zealand
Poland
Lithuania
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
China
Somalia
EmployedUnemployed
InactiveStudents
Debt-defying
Source: Goldman Sachs
China’s debt as % of GDP
*Local-governmentfinancing vehicles
0
50
100
150
200
250
2000 02 04 06 08 10 12 15
F’CASTCorporate GovernmentLGFVs* Consumer
Signs of a turnaround?
Source: National statistics
China’s industrial production% increase on previous year
J A S O N D2012
J F M A M J J2013
8
9
10
11
Thrifty Europeans
Source: SIPRI
Defence spending, % of GDP, 2012
0 1 2 3 4 5
United States
Britain
France
Poland
Italy
Germany
Sweden
Spain
Russia
S E R B I A
MACEDONIA
B O S N I A
ALBANIAGREECE
KOSOVO
MONTE- NEGRO
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
AUSTRIA
ITALY
SLOVENIA
BU
LGA
RIA
Ad
ri
at
i c S e a
Skopje
Belgrade
Podgorica
Sarajevo
Zagreb
CROATIA
Pristina
Republika Srpska
Croat-Bosniak Federation
Tirana
EU members
Candidates:PotentialOfficial
150 km
The fog clears
Sources: ISDA; BIS*Over the counter
†Adjusted for double counting
OTC* derivatives, notional amounts outstandingYear-end, $trn
0
200
400
600
2007 08 09 10 11 12
Total†
of which: cleared volumes
Light and shade
Source: Eurostat*Q1 data †Data not seasonallyadjusted: change from Q2 2007
GDP, Q2 2013% change from pre-crisispeak (2007-08)
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25 20 15 10 5 0 5+–
United States
Germany
France
Japan
Euro areaBritain
Netherlands
Finland
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Ireland *Greece†
Q2 2013, % change onprevious quarter
0.4
0.7
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.6
-0.2
0.7
-0.1
1.1
-0.2
na
na
Resorting to luxury
Sources: Art Price; Vintage Guitar magazine; Florien Leonhard Fine Violins;HAGI; Liv-ex; Stanley Gibbons; Thomson Reuters; The Economist *Including dividend income
Price indices, $ terms, Q1 2003=100
2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 1350100150200250300350400450500550
Classic cars ArtWineStampsCoins GuitarsViolinsMSCI World*The Economist valuables index
Interactive: Browse prices of different assets over time at Economist.com/val13
Thin slicing
Source: Coalition
*Fixed income, currenciesand commodities
†In ten rich countries
Ten largest investment banks’ FICC* revenue, $bn
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Q12011
Q12012
Q12013
Rates†
Credit†
Foreign exchange†
Securitisation
Emerging markets
Commodities
Global business barometer
Source: The Economist/FT survey
Balance of respondents expecting global businessconditions to improve, 2013, percentage points
10 5 0 5 10 15 20 25+–
Middle East& Africa
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Overall
North America
Asia-Pacific
Latin America
Q1Q2Q3
Interactive: Track global business confidence with our barometer at Economist.com/bizbaro
Media and entertainmentWorldwide spending, $trn
0
1
2
3
2008 10 12 14 16 17
Digital Non-digital
F O R E C A S T
World GDP% change on previous year
2
0
2
4
6
+
–
2007 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
F’CAST
A hike to a plateau
Source: National Park Service
Visitors to national parks, m
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
1960 70 80 90 2000 12
Shooting up
Source: Department of Justice
Federal prison population, ’000
Of which:Drug offenders
0
50
100
150
200
1970 75 80 85 90 95 2000 05 11
Totalof which: drug offenders
S U D A N
E G Y P T
LI
BY
A Cairo
SINAI
M e d i t e r r a n e a n S e a
Gulf ofSuez
RedSea
Alexandria
Suez
Nile
Aswan
SuezCanal
PortSaid
W E S T E R N
D E S E R T EASTERNDESERT
Luxor
Sohag
Fayoum
Minya
Asyut
Zagazig
el-Arish
Clashes
250 km
Price indices
*Including dividend income
$ terms, Q1 2003=100
2003 05 07 09 11 1350
100
150
200
250
300
350
MSCI World*
The Economist valuables index
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Staying high
Source: Department of Justice
Federal prisoners, 2010, %
0 20 40 60 80 100
Admissions
Population
Releases
Drug Immigration WeaponProperty Public-order Violent
Type of offence:
Let’s get digital
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Worldwide spending on media and entertainment$trn
F O R E C A S T
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
2008 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Digital Non-digital
Not my department
Source: US Census Bureau*Excluding motor vehicles
and restaurants
US:
0
4
8
12
16
0
1
2
3
4
1992 95 2000 05 10 13
department-store salesAs % of total
retail sales*$trn
SWEDEN
SWITZ.
DENMARKIRELAND
UNITEDKINGDOM
S P A I N
F R A N C EAUSTRIA
ITALY
GREECE
BULGARIA
LITHUANIA
LATVIA
ESTONIA
ROMANIA
P O L A N D
CZECHREP.
SLOVENIA HUNGARY
SLOVAKIA
GERMANY
NETHER-LANDS
LUX.
CROATIA
BELGIUMA T L A N T I C
O C E A N
PORTUGAL
RotterdamHamburg
Genoa
Ljubljana
Prague
Istanbul
M e d i t e r r a n e a n S e a
B l a c k S e a
T U R K E Y
500 kmEuropean rail-freight corridors
EU
1. Rhine-Alp
2. Benelux-France
4. Atlantic
6. Mediterranean
7. Orient
Others
Retrack
9. Eastern
RICS house-price survey
Source: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
England & Wales net balance, %
2010 11 12 1360
40
20
0
20
40
+
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